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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15

Why u Yankee Farmer Kicked Himself
Boston Post: A staid old Hub
bardston farmer came to the Hub yes
terday to do "a little tradin',n and as
he wandered down Washington street
.'headed for the Fitchburg Depot as
he said, he suddenly halted. gazed ex-
citedly at a sign in front Of clothing
house, and then darted into the store,
cxclaiming: well. yum, that is
good After due elaboration he
selected $lO-snit Of clothes. tendering 9
in payment just 81. THAT is the
right change, sir. said he to the aston
ished clerk. ..But don't understand;
| told you that suit would be $lO,"
argued the clerk. Yes, know, but
don't your old sign out there at the
door say. All we want is 20 cents on
the dollar?'" and picking up his new
purchase the honest old Hubbardston
farmer hastily left. He trotted along.
congratulated himself on his wonder
full smartness, and was heard TO mutter:
II guess I'm lively enough for these
ere city folks But sudden change
came ''o'er the the spirit Of his dreams
after he had walked short distance.
A look of utter disgust overspread his
face, the bundle fell from his arms,
and in mournful tone he said: why
in blazes didn't look around a little
before | bought them clothes?'' The
cause of his CONSERVATION was another
clothing sign that read: Goods sold
here at half price, After studying
the situation several minutes he re-
sumed his journey depotward, saying,
Il might have saved s. just as well as
not if hadn't been in such pesky
hurry
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15
A SAXON PROVERB.

There Is Jolly saxon proverb
That Ii very much like this,
That man is half in heaven
When he has a woman's kiss:
But there's danger in delaying,
And the sweetness may forsake 1t
SO, tell You. bashful lover,
II you want kiss. why, take 1t.
Never let another fellow
Steal a march on you in this;
Never let laughing maiden
See you spelling for kiss:
There's royal way Of kissing,
And the jolly ones who make
Have motto that Is winning.
Ii you want kiss, why, take it.
Any fool may face a cannon,
Anybody wear a crown;
But man must win woman
III he'd have her for his own:
Would you have the golden apple
You must.find the tree and shake it
Ii the thing is worth the having
And You want kiss, why, take it.
Who would burn upon a desert
With forest smiling bys
Who would give his sunny summer
For bleak and wintry sky.
Oh | tell you there is magic,
And you cannot, cannot break it;
For the sweetest part of loving
Is to want kiss and take 1t.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15

The refined and civilizing influences
Of the cultured East (says Tid-Bits) are
gradually extending themselves to the
rowdy West They now have lawn
parties away out i'm Mon
tana. They had one there re-
Gently and the paper published in the
town in which it was given says:
The lawn party at the residence and
grounds of our fellow-citizcn, Bill
jackson, was dandy affair, and was
attended by all the big bugs of this
city. This Is new form Of amusement
imported from the East, and it beats
croquet all hollow.
There was bag race between Jack
Spence and Tony Beggs, in which Tony
got beautifully left and Jack carried off
half the gate money.
The greased-pole part of the enter
tainment was glittering success
Many Of onr leading citizens made de-
Sperate but futile attempts to shin up
it, but our Mayor knocked the rest Of
the crowd silly on the climb
The fat mems race would have made
a dog die laughing. The contestants
were Fatty Parsons and Budd Doble,
and the way they waddled off wasn't
slow. Fatty tips the beam at 299 and
Budd at 3O4 pounds. Their speed was
somewhat accelerated by the playful
ness of some Of the ladies present, who
prodded them with their parasols. The
race was tie, and the contestants
tossed up quarter to decide it. Budd
won.
The pie-eating match between Birdie
Mclaughlin and Lyddy Donahue, two
of our most charming young ladies. was
very exciting and enjoyable affair;
and ended in Birdie eating
ten full-sized pies in fifty
minutes, while Lyddy could go bu,
nine and half. Birdie carried off the
prize-a nickle-plated revolver.
The dog and rooster fights and wres.
Ting and jumping matches were greatly
enjoyed. and our first lawn party was
voted the dandy entertainment of the
season. We are gradually falling into
the ways of the effete East.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15
How Peas Arc Canned.

The canning of green peas, which is
now busy industry in Delaware, is an
interesting process. The peas are she'll
ed by hand and then fed into the hopper
of a separator, which divides them into
three grades. Then they are put into
copper kettles. where they are steamed
just enough to wrinkle the outer skin
and intensity if possible the vivid green
Of the pea. They are then filled into
cans, which are placed on an iron tray
and dipped in a trough or tub of boiling
water, which runs into the cans, filling
them to the brim. This water contains
whatever Of preservative nature is put
into the cans to preserve the vegetable.
The cans are then wiped, sealed. and
packed in iron cages, each cage holding
248 cans. These cages are put into
air-tight kettles. where the cans are
subjected to hot steam under intense
pressure for about fifteen or twenty
minutes. The peas arc then ready for
market.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15
Arrest OF . Countess.

In this country the arrest of real
countess is something of real nov
city. The adyenturesses carrying IT,
ties Of that kind to gull worshipers Of
noble blood frequently appear before
our magistrates and Judges, but the gen.
uine noblewoman rarely. The excep-
ton occurred at Jersey City on Sat
urday, the leading figure in it being
the Countess Panciatichi, known on the
registry of the city as the Mrs. Pamela
tichi and the charge against her being
cruelty to her little stepson. Some
years ago, it seems, the Count Pamela
tichi left Italy for political reasons, TAX
ing up his residence in neat little cot
tage in Jersey City His second wife
did not like the children Of her prede-
cessor and made things SO warm for
them that one, ran away. A neighbor
gave him lodging. and the next day the
attention of the District Attorner was
called to the matter. He sent for the
boy, who told him that the Countess
took pleasure in ill-treating him.
She beat him with heavy piece of
rope, he said, without proyocation, and
often sent him to bed without any sup
per. The Countess when informed of
the nature Of the charges against her,
almost tainted. She denied them. of
course, and said that the boy was a
wild fellow, who remained away from
home of his own accord and against
her wishes. The Justice put her under
$500 bail TO appear for examination on
September 2. She left the court room
in tears. Count Panciatichi is an &C.
centric old fellow, and some years ago
suffered an injury in a railway accident
which unsettled his MUD. The count
ess is tall, graceful woman, and
dresses well.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15

The delegates Of various industrial ard re-
loim political organizations have a. sembled
from thirty-two States and territories on this
anniversary Of the birth Of 1.-THE Father OF HE
Cocntry," TO view the situation OF public affairs
and advise proper action. A general Iiscontent
prevails on the part Of tho wealth prod uccrs.
Farmers are suffering from poverty which has
forced most Of them to mortgage their estates
and prices Of products are 30 low as to offer no
relief except through bankruptcy. Laborers
are sinking into grester and greater d. ne ndence
strikes are resorted TO without bringing relief,
because OF the inability OF employers in many
cases to pay living wages, while more and more
are being driven into the streets. Blu ness men
Ind collections almost impossible. Meanwhile
hundreds Of millions Of idle public money v hich
is needed for relief 10 locked up IN the United
States Treasury In grim mockery OF he distress.
Land monopoly fourshes ~ never before and
more and more owners Of the soil are dali, be-
coming tenants. Great transportation corr ra-
tons still succeed in extorting their profits mp
on watered stock through unjust chargca. The
United States Senate has become an omen scau-
dal, its seats being purchased By the rich In de-
eance OF the popular will. A trining 6sne riee
etspute IL sliced upon ae an excuse for eQusn-
Gering public money upon unnecessary military
Preparations which are designed to breed q spirit
Of war, TO ape European despotism and to mpty
the Ire asury without paying the public debt
Under these and other alarming conditions, We
appeal 20 the people Of this whole country =
come out Of old party organizations, whose In
difference to the public welfare lie -ieleifor
this distress, and to help rs to organize q new
political party. not sectional but national to be
known - the UNION LABOR party: whose object
ehall be TO repeal oil class laws In favor Of the
rich and to relieve the distress Of our industries
b establishing the following principles:-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15

saw that | wanted to speak. You have
taken pains to mention as your ideals
the men you thought most unlike me.
You have dosed me with Concord and
bullied me with Boston. Now. to crown
all. you try to persuade me that it is
dishonorable in me to try to make You
care for me. Yet hear me You shall.
| love you, and | ask you now, once for
all. will you marry me?"
s.No more, dear love, for at q touch yield
Ask me no mOrer
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15

Some Of our exchanges are discuss
ing the question. What is dudepn
A dude is to a man what a tea-store
chrome is to painting by Meissonie'
--NOrristOWn Herald
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15

Mr.. Labouchere thinks Mary Queen
of Scots ought to be elevated to the
rank of saint and says if this is not
done it will be owing to "a spirit of
petty exclusiveness."
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15

Women are employed on the staff Of
more than two hundred newspapers i.
the United States.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15

graduated income tax isthe moet equitable
system Of taxation, placing the burden OF
government on those who can best afford 70
pay. instead Of laying II on the farmers and
producers, exempting millionaire stockholders
and corporations.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15
UNITED STATES SENATE.

The capture Of the United States Senate By
msllionaires and tools Of corporations, who
have no sympathy with free institutions, threat
ems the very existence OF the republic. We
demand . constitutional amendment making
United states senators elective by direct vote
d the people.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15
noNGoLIAH SLAVES.


Such State and National laws should be adopt
cd a. shall efectually exclude from Americs
the Nongolisn slave and Asiatic compeh
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15
SOLDIERS AND SALONS.

In appreciation Of the services Of the United
States soldiers and sailors. we demand for
them Justice before charity. The purposely
deprecated money paid them during the war
should be made equal In value to the gold
paid the bondholder. The soldier was prom.
iscd cain or Its equivalent and paid In depreci-
ated psper The bordholdcr loaned the Govern
ment deprecated paper and contracted to take
Il for his bonds, but was psid In gold.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15

The establishment OF national monetary
system ia the interest Of The producer instead OF
the Spectator ard usarcr. by which q calculating
medium in necessary quantities and full legal
tender shall be issued directly to the people
without the intervention vi banks, or loaned to
citizens upon ample security at q low rate Of
interest to relieve them from the extortions Of
usury and enable them 10 control the money sup
ply Postal savings bar ks should be establish
ed. While we have free coinage OF gold, We
should have free coinage Of silver. We demand
the prompt payment Of therNa tioDal de ht and
c000emn the furtnur fesue Of fnterest-bearfnR
bonds either1 BY the National government or By
Statesterrtories Or municipalities.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15

Excessive wealth resulting IN luxury aud ids>S
nees ON the one hand and excessive toll and
poverty on the other lead to intemperance aDd
vice. The measures Of reform here demanded
will prove TO be the scientific solution OF the
temperance question
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15

abstract ideas, and that the undertow
was fast carrying her beyond her depth
into sea which she dreaded for her.
self, and had still less mind to be
followed into by her comrade.
But it was too late Before she could
open her lips he had plunged in.
MAY tell you what his answer would
bep He would tell her that life was
question not of browsing, but of plow-
ing, and that in spite Of the frctting of
the yoke. the oxen could do better
work together than alone; that he
would be accommodating enough TO
browse in her corner i'm off hours; that
she was his ideal if he was not hers,
and that perhaps pardon the average
mans vanity perhaps her ideals We're
drawn from poetry, fiction, and
trancendental philosophy rather than
from real life. and that he might do
rs well as another for lay figure to
be dressed up into a hero by her inn
agination; that though he had hitherto
wasted his valuable talents by keeping
them hidden in napkin
interruptions: .lhat Is Il waste, when
a dolly would cover them"
II seorn to notice the impertinence.
As 1 was saying, he would plead that
though he had idled away his oppor-
tunities, he was not yet like Portia. 50
old but he might learn if he had some
motive for ambition to lay hold upon,
clear and practical, not vague and
illusory. In short, suppose that ], the
average man, should ask you, the ideal
woman, to marry me, what would you
say?"
The amused twinkle this time lay in
the girls eyes, though she kept them
demurely lowered as she answered, Il
never reply 10 hypothetical Offers
"Well, then, for heavens sake, an
swer direct one! You have virtually
refused me dozen times in the last
fortnight by choking me of when you
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15

The employment OF bodies Of armed men b.
private corporations should be prohibited.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15

The means Of communication and Transports
tion should be owned or controlled by the PEG
pie, 10 IL the United States postal system, ana
equitable rates everywhere established,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15
TEMPERANCE.

The right to vote il inherent in citizenshir
irrespective OF sex.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-22
KANSAS Carr. Oct. II.
THE EVICTIONS.
Attorney General Garland TO Pass Upon
the Case.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The reported evic-
ton OF settlers from the unearned land grants
OF the st. Paul and Sioux City railroad, has
been brought TO the attention Of Attorney
General Garland by States Attorney General
Baker, OF Iowa, In a letter in which he ap-
peals for federal assistance Ia protecting
the settlers until the question of their right
TO the lands held by them can be determined
by the courts. The attorney general referred
the letter to the secretary Of the interior for
such sus g~estiops as he may deem proper un-
der the circumstance. The attorney general,
speaking of tie matter to-day, said the case
was brought to bis notice about a year ago,
but not then in a shape calling for action on
the part OF the government. Whatever 1t is
now, is an open question, which can hest be
determined by the records OF the interior de.
partment as to the title TO the lands In dis
pute, aud the methods employed by one set
of claimants IT, dispossess another set in ad
vance Of judicial settlement If the questions
at issue. The newspaper statements mat the
attorney general refused to stop proceedings
In the state courts Was characterized As ab.
surd on is faoa, MS he nad no Jurisdiction
whatever over the state courts.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-22
StAIE OF TRADE.

There has been a remarkebl. pause Ia sp,c
uiation in all It's branches. Even leaf TO
bacco has gone SO nigh that speculation has
been intimidatei, but this has been super.
seded by q better thing, "A buyifg only for
consumption. Crop estimates uaye been low.
cred and raised since the LIST Of August, and
are now again beir & revised. The startling
loss reported from Texas, and reports of an
unusual destruction by the plants peculiar
vermin, have, for tie time at least, turned
the teb.eo. The remarkable forwardncss and
magnitude Of planters deliveries have been
accepted by some as a conclusive evidence of
al Immense crop.
The position OF food stock for men and ami
mails in America and Europe will undoubtedly
furnish eupplies sufficient to ego rouad,n
but It has not been so small In any year Of
the present decade. This p~urview includes, of
course, hay, potatoes and leguminous staples
with the leading cereals. These articles, in
turn, win OF course hay a determining rela.
ton to the food resources for live stock.
There has been some improvement in the
action of the iron market reported from
Northern ~centers, but In the main the situa-
ton OF the market is that Of quiet frmness.
current consumption Of p~is-iron and current
production seem to be proceeding neck and
neck, with orders for current use readily
filed, but no surplus to court demand by
concessions in terms or prices. Prices are
very generally stationary. Merchant irons
and hardware appear to be still commanding
II regular healthy demand large enough TO
keed prices even, but not to put anything
like a wire edge on the tone or on prices.
Steel and steel wares are about as last re.
ported.
The temper OF business has been becoming
In the meanwhile, more comfortable and
cheerful, because of . more reassuring situa-
tion In the money markets. There had been
a quite general though vague Impression, not
only that the stringency of money might be-
come so tense as to cramp business, but also
that II might even reach a critical stage. This
apprehension has been mainly removed,
and the result is a rather general aense Of
relief.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-22
Michael Davitt a Knight of Labor.

PITTsBURs, Oct. 1.-The Chronicle. Tele-
graph stated this afternoon that 1t has In.
formation that on last Wednesday night,
after Michael Davitt addressed the Knights OF
Labor convention at Minneapolis, a secret
meeting OF the leading officials was held. Mr..
Dsvitt was made a member of the order and a
Knights Of Labor organizer, 1t bring propos.
ed to have him organize the members OF The
Irish Land league into q special district OF the
Knights Of Labor. Much opposition is ex'
pected to this project from the English and
Scotch knights, and 1t has bc,n kept a pro.
found secret by the Knights OF Labor up to
this time.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-22
CHAPTER xv.-AYEsHA GIVES JUDGMENT.

next thing
that / remem-
Der was open.
ing my eyes
and perceiving
the form of
job, who had
now practical.
ly recovered
from his attack
of fever. He
was standing
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-22
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
Commissioned Sparks Report on the
Same.

SOIIIliSSiOCcT SpaIkS NepOrt on INC
Same.
WASHINGTON, Oct. li.-Land COMMISSIONS
Sparks, in his annual report to the secretary
Of the In terior says at the outset that be hat
NO word to recall that hitherto has been ut
tered t. uching the aggregatlng~ misappropris.
ton 70 which the public lands have been sub
ievted through the Improvement laws and
inefi .ient IN Methods OF administration, and to
which they are still exposed under the present
wasteful and fraud-inspiring system Of dis
posal. The operations OF the past year, MS
previously, have been conducted under the
encouragement Of inadequate appropriations,
but with the limited means at his disposal,
be says results have been achieved that con.
firm the early statements OF the v~astness OF
this field OF reform, the confines only Of which
have yet been fairly explored.
The report shows since March 4, 1885, that
Al, 824, 4Sl acres has been restored to the pub.
lie domain. The sales, entries and selections
for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1887, EN-.
brace %, III, 400 acres, and Of Indian land
747 637 acres, making q total Of %, S5S..
O3S, an increase over the year 1885 OF
3,133 ,44 acres, and an increase OF
1852 So, as compared with the fiscal
year 1885. The receists from dispossls OF
public lands are $40 763 921 fro m the sales OF
Indian lands, ST., 4S4, 302; total, So, 26S, 224,
an increase over 1856 of So 237, TT, and eom-
pared with the fiscal year 1882 of $4,64S ,625
to which is TO be added IS, s9l on account of
timber depredstions, and $12, 4s3 for certified
copies OF records, making the total receipts
from ali sources, $l2 297, 0es.
In Ar Z)ua frauds In favor Of the Atlantic
and Pacif railroad In a BLOCK Of land 50 by
100 miles, by which the road is gwen all thu
good land, are alleged by the surveyor.genera
in his repsrt to the commissioner. The de-
velopment of fraudulent returns Of the swamp
lands in surveys heretofore made in Mime
sofa renders a thorough examination In CHS
state a matter Of Importance. Stories OF
frsudulent work also come from New MeXicP.
Nevada and Wyoming su,v ysrs. .'Gener.
ally the fl ia examiners" continues the re.
port, 'h4v- developed fraudulent an, defec-
tive survey heretofore returned to sn extent
which renders apparent the necessity OF TIL
nspectioO O, ali prece6iGg surveys, and full,
i~lslitlrs the conciusi us rescued by this ofi e
TO defer payment Of accounts for past surveys
ustil he true character of the work shall be
ascertained"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-22
A Pretty Girl Bootblack.

New York Sun: A pretty girl set up
n boot-blacking chair in Wall street
She was an alert creature of sixteen OF
so, dressed in jaunty neatness, and al
together IN object to make the brokers
turn around for second look. But her
enterprise failed. No man had the
moral courage to mount that chair and
submit his boots to the brushes of a
girl, ard : o she got no customers.